The sharp, layered outcrop appeared to pierce the desert sand like an ancient blade.
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Outcrop
//ˈaʊt.kɹɑp//
Synonyms for "outcrop" (52 found)
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Related words (26)
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10 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- aflorament noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 露頭 /露头 noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- 露頭 /露头 noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Czech
1 entries- výchoz noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Finnish
4 entries- hietikko noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- kallio noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
- kallio (bedrock) noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- kieleke noun (piece of land that stands out)
French
2 entries- affleurement noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- affleurement noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Galician
4 entries- con noun (piece of land that stands out)
- laxa noun (piece of land that stands out)
- laxe noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
- penedo noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
German
4 entries- Aufbiss noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- Aufschluss noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- Aufschluss noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
- Landzunge noun (piece of land that stands out)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַדְמַת טְרָשִׁים noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
Icelandic
2 entries- opna noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- opna noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Italian
4 entries- affioramento noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- affioramento noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
- prominenza noun (piece of land that stands out)
- propagine noun (piece of land that stands out)
Polish
1 entries- wychodnia noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Portuguese
1 entries- afloramento (rochoso) noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Romanian
1 entries- afloriment noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
Spanish
3 entries- afloramiento noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- afloramiento noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
- afloramiento rocoso noun (piece of land that stands out)
Turkish
3 entries- dil noun (piece of land that stands out)
- mostra noun (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
- mostra noun (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The Purbeck beds follow the line of the Jurassic outcrop from Dorsetshire, through the Vale of Wardour, Swindon, Garsington, Brill and Aylesbury.
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